Handford Wines, London
Tasted Tuesday, July 1, 2014 by Papies with 678 views
As part of Handfords' 25th anniversary tasting series James presented a vertical of what he called his favourite white wine.
He is an amazing wine professional and has an easy going way of presenting his tastings. Humble, not preaching yet full of knowledge and we love going to his tastings. Highly recommended.
The first time we tried Clos Ste. Hune and interestingly trying it with the Frederic Emile gave us the inside of polished and elegant acidity. Much like tannin in a way. Beautiful and elegant wines and we subscribe to the hype
Definitely young wines with lots of improvement to come for the patient ones.
One point to highlight is that in the absence of food, the high acidity does tire and unless one is very well trained or spits palate fatigue will be an issue in any long tasting of these wines.
2004 Trimbach Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile 90 Points
France, Alsace
Light in colour, light “petrolly” feel on the nose. Mineral, no residual sugar feel whatsoever, good acidity. Quite sharp acid though, young and needs time for the acidic structure to mellow and round (much like young tannin). At this stage it is on the forgettable side of the equation. Needs time (5yrs min). 90
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2001 Trimbach Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile 90 Points
France, Alsace
Light gold in colour. Light mineral, light caramel touch, light “petrolly” feel on the nose. Feels young and sharp on the palate and needs time for the acidity to round and get a polished feel. Has a bitter edge on the finish. Light feel of some residual sugar on the palate. Full of promise but a touch unpolished at this stage. 90
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1998 Trimbach Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile 92 Points
France, Alsace
Quite a bit of colour here, almost golden, dark yellow. Looks a lot order than the 04 & 01 we had before and looked a lot more dense. Light “petrolly” feel as expected, a touch of oxidation. Dense wine, mineral, light caramel feel and generally felt riper. The structure is there of course, proper acidity provides the backbone to the wine. But its rounding off and not as sharp as its younger brothers we tried before. No sharp edges here and pretty long finish. 92/93 and very nice. In its drinking window.
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1997 Trimbach Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile 89 Points
France, Alsace
Dark in colour, dark honey style, points immediately to the rich wine this is. Full on ripe fruit feel on the nose, less mineral. Fully round on the palate and the acidity is well present but the ripe character of the wine pushes it off balance and just did not feel right. Not an off dry, not a dry wine, a hybrid one but much like hybrid cars of the 1990s it just didn’t work right. 89-90 no idea how this ages.
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1996 Trimbach Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile 93 Points
France, Alsace
The best of the Cuvee Frederic Emile we have tried on the night. A step better than the others for sure. Good Colour, shows age yet very glossy. Light “petrolly” feel as expected, light vanilla too on the nose. Big acid structure here, firm and vibrant but also elegant and has shed all the sharp edges of youth. Almost like the polished feel of the Clos St. Hunes that followed. Just gets the balance right between fruit and acid at this stage. Very good. 93-94
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